University of California School of Medicine runs a comprehensive obsessive-compulsive disorders program. It singles out Hoarding Disorder as being excessive accumulation of clutter that renders living spaces uninhabitable. This phenomenon can affect the health and … [Read more...]
Hoarding in the Context of Seasonal Shortages
There’s evidence people may impulsively hoard more than they need, if they fear it may not be available at least for a while in future. This is different from compulsive hoarding where the objects may have no intrinsic value. However the dynamics are the similar and … [Read more...]
Dementia and Hoarding We Explore Sporadic Links
We should be careful not to assume a direct link between these two conditions. That’s because we know of people with the one, but not the other. None the less there are interesting things to learn where both are present. We provide this information in the general … [Read more...]
Did You Know Compulsive Hoarding Unfolds in Five Stages?
Compulsive hoarders are different because they save items many others think are ‘useless’. However, value is in the eye of the beholder, and they have great difficulty getting rid of their beloved ‘collections’ These accumulations grow as a result of this reticence. … [Read more...]
Compulsive Hoarding and Buying-Shopping Disorder: Some Common Ground
Psychologists, mathematicians and statisticians in Australia have investigated the factors behind object choice, and object attachment. They published their work in early January 2020 and so this is hot off the press. The group wanted to know the extent that priming … [Read more...]
Is Hoarding the Same Thing in the Minds of Children
Most research into hoarding focuses on adults. As far as untidy teens are concerned their ‘collections’ are signs of rebellious minds. And as for kids, well they are too young for that. But are they really not old enough? What follows may surprise you. A child does … [Read more...]
How Memories Are a Barrier to Hoarders Releasing Objects
Well over a million people living in the UK are significant hoarders. It is one thing to keep things for sentimental value. However, when the collection starts affecting lifestyle then perhaps welfare should intervene. Scientists at University of Bath have been … [Read more...]
3 Popular Misconceptions About Hoarding You May Not Know
Television programs and popular media are forever trotting out one-size-fits-all popular misconceptions about hoarding. If we had £100 for every ‘miracle cure’ someone suggested, we might be able to cruise the Mediterranean Sea from Malaga to Beirut. We decided to … [Read more...]
Does Your Mailbox Think You Are a Hoarder: What Scientists Say
We may never know why George Sweeten, Elizabeth Sillence, and Nick Neave embarked on their research at Northumbria University. It may have been the sight of their mailboxes maxing, or missing a critical message in the chaos. Whatever the case, they decided to … [Read more...]
Astonishing Discovery in Edinburgh Hoard
Imagine the excitement of opening a drawer and stumbling upon something of significant importance. This is the incredible story of the humble uncovering of a missing medieval piece that remained anonymous for almost 200 years. Perhaps the discovery illustrates that … [Read more...]
